Photo by Roman Kraft on Unsplash My niece is raising money to be sent to Europe this summer as a student ambassador with People to People. Since I don't yet have a fat bank account, I am doing the best thing I could think of to help. All proceeds from my Amazon and Audible book sales …
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Since this is my first post of the year, Happy New Year! Have some sake with the lovely uh...lady above to celebrate. Don't worry, the haradashi is actually a friendly monster! I'm very excited about the year ahead. If all goes as planned, you'll be seeing a few new books from me. But for a quick …
Headless has been out for almost two years now, and it finally has a shiny new cover. And I do mean shiny. This paperback printing is glossy! I think it looks great. Along with the cover, there were some minor changes made to the interior, which are listed below. This is actually the third printing. …
A note to myself from the first draft of the Headless sequel, Part 2: Sometimes I've got to get the story out and fill in the fights later. The blacked-out bits are to avoid spoilers. But the fights are something I do enjoy writing very much. Now I get to flesh this particular one out. …
[Photo by Lily Banse on Unsplash] A middle-aged man with short, mostly gray hair, pulled up to the curb, got out of his car quickly, saying, “I’m so sorry” before his door had even shut. He passed me, looked directly at the young man sitting alone at the patio table next to mine, and said …
I was talking with a co-worker who was about five chapters or so into Headless, and he compared Akio, one of the two main protagonists, to Hooch from the movie, Turner and Hooch. Hooch is the dog. I have not seen the movie, but I think his comparison is appropriate. He said that Akio is the …
I did a photo shoot recently because I really needed new ones. The hair has gotten kind of long as you can see. And we had some fun with a katana. Here a few of the favorites. Which one jumps out at you as a good back cover/book flap image? P.S. Thanks to my friend …
On June 7th, I shared the results of my new cover poll for Headless. And I shared what I planned to do. I decided to combine a couple of the covers by giving one of the illustrations of the characters to the designer who did the most popular cover. And here are the results! Character …
I've posted a new story on my Extras page. It is a very short, 100-word story from a writing prompt at phantomsway.com. Click the tree. And let me know your thoughts in the comments.
Photo by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash The results are in! First off, thank you to everyone who voted in my poll and gave me such great comments! I really appreciate the thoughtful feedback. I've been thinking about it a lot. The votes that hold a lot of weight for me are from people whom I know …
